A Tale of Two Inaugurations

By: jorgie714 (Diary)  |  January 19th at 08:19 PM  | 

As we anxiously await the ascendancy of President-Elect Barack Obama, I’m reminded of another anxious time in our nation’s history and another momentous Presidential inauguration—that of Ronald Reagan.   Governor Reagan rose to national prominence in 1976, after challenging then President Gerald Ford for the Republican Party Presidential nomination. Reagan, a staunch conservative, lost to Ford, a moderate Republican and Nixon appointee, in a hard | Read More »